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RTX · 5 hours ago

Principal Metal Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer

East Hartford, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$101K/yr - $203K/yr

5+ years exp

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. The Principal Metal Additive Manufacturing Design Engineer will be responsible for developing design methodologies and tools for additive manufacturing, enhancing design tools, and executing Design for Additive Manufacturing projects to support business units in adopting additively manufactured components.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Development, demonstration, and documentation of design methodologies and tools for additive manufacturing including conventional CAD and implicit modeling-based approaches

Enhancement of design tools through the development of custom modules and scripts

Execution of Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) projects to support business unit evaluation and adoption of additively manufactured components and systems

Topology optimization for generation of geometries enabled by additive manufacturing across structural, thermal, or hydrodynamic domains

Definition of AM software tools and methodologies for interconnection of individual tools into a unified toolchain

Establish relationships with government, industry, academic, and RTX Business Units and lead development of whitepapers, project concepts, and responsive proposals

Provide training and knowledge transfer to RTX Business Units while disseminating best practices to increase the rate of additive adoption

Work to streamline the qualification process for AM produced components

Management of multiple design, development, and demonstration projects

Qualification

Expert CAD userAdditive Manufacturing processAdvanced scripting experienceFinite element analysisTopology optimizationProject management skillsProblem solving skillsOrganizational skillsVerbal communication skillsWritten communication skills

Required

Bachelors Degree in Science, Mathematics or a related discipline and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an MS Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience

Expert CAD user (Siemens NX preferred) for mechanical design and product engineering with advanced user of implicit modeling tools such as nTop including development of custom blocks

Deep understanding of the AM process using laser powder bed fusion

Advanced scripting experience with CAD tools, Matlab, Python, VBA, JavaScript or similar

Experience with finite element analysis (e.g. Ansys, Abaqus, COMSOL)

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred

PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field

Strong presentation, planning, problem solving, organizational, and project management skills with experience managing complex R&D projects

Highly self-motivated and detail oriented and a desire to learn something new every day

Benefits

Healthcare

Wellness

Retirement and work/life benefits

Parental (including paternal) leave

Flexible work schedules

Achievement awards

Educational assistance

Child/adult backup care

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Paid time off

Holidays

Company

RTX

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RTX is comprised of three market-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – working as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.

Founded in 1922

Arlington, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees